Umbrella or parasol



(No Model.)

J. B. eee

Patented Sept. '4, 1883.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,495, datedSeptember 4, 1883.

Application filed May 11` 1383. (No modelJ To all whom t may concern:

. Be it knownthatl, JOHN BUcKLEY SEEL, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, resid ing at Clinton Villas, Church Road, Urmston, j

in the county of Lancaster, England, manager to umbrella-manufacturers,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Umbrellas andParasols, (for which I have ob tained a patent in Great Britain, No,4,914,

` -iobearing date October 16,18820 of which the 2o ,are usually and bestmade of steel, are prop' erly tempered, and are not new, except so faras the position and use of the longitudinal slit is concerned, that slithaving usually been placed either on the inner or one oi' the side Theform and material of the rib and position of the slit, however, I do notclaim as part of my invention. y i

In the drawings accompanying this specilication, A is' the tubulairib,`having a longitudinal slit, B, on its outer side. At the end ofthe ribwhich lisattached to the stick of the umbrella orfparasol I widen outthe slit into a boat-.shaped cavity, C. (Shown in Figure l,

.l l 3 5 and partly'in Fig. 2.) This boat-shaped cavity may be formed ateither end of the rib 5 but I prefer to have it at the end which is tobe at' tached to the stick. y

Fig. 3 shows the inode in which the tip is formed, the part D beingflattened and perforated to receive the stitches which fasten the endsof the gores of `the covering.` As I require the longitudinal" slit tobe open the whole length of the rib, (except where the rib is flattenedforattaching to the notch, and at the tip,) Iuse a new form of get7 `ormiddle bit, E, which is` shown in Figs. 4 and 5. I

`Patented in England October 16,1852, No. 4,914.

prefer to make it of brass, and to` tip the stretcher also with Ibrass,so as to avoid, as much as possible, any rusting at this point. This getor middle bit is formed with a groove [in its upper edge, as shown intransverse section in Fig. 6, for the reception of the rib,

hold the rib, and yet not close the slit in the rib. I do not, however,claim thaformof the as part of my invention.

the covering and stitch or otherwise attach them together, so, asto makea cord or ridge on theV inner side of the seam, or I stitch a cord orwire into or otherwise attach it to the ridge, or wire into theboat-shaped cavity C in the end of the tubular-rib and draw `it suchpart of such'rib at each end oi' the rib as is required for theformation of the tip, and of the attachment to the notch at the apex ofthe umbrella or parasoh) or, instead of in-y serting the cord, ridge, orwire into the rib at one end and drawing it through,` the rib may besprung open, so as to allow the cord, ridge, or wire to be insertedthrough the slit in the rib, which will then, by its own elasticity,close up again; but the rib can be made of stouter material when thecord, ridge, i or wire is to be drawn through than if it is to be sprungin, and for that and other reasons the mode 'of drawingit through therib is the best. I make the cord, ridge, or wire so thick as not therib, (unless sprung open for the/purposeg and to iit tightly inside thetube. The seam the rib.

Fig. 7 shows a transversesection of the rib, in which F is a oord orwire sewed into the seam, and G G the umbrella-covering. `The ridgeformed by rollingover the edges of the gores and stitching themtogether' is not shown in this iigure, but would occupy the same spaceas the cord or wire. I do not I either roll over the edges of the goresof edges of each seam. I then insert that cord,

through the whole length of each rib, (except to `pass through the slitin the upper side of i between the ,gores is thus securelyheld in uponwhich it is pressed together, soas to l get or middle bit, or its modeof attachment,

claim as part of Ymy invention the mode of. In witness whereof I havehereto set` my forming or attaching to the seams of the gores hand this25th day of April, 1883. the said ridge, cord, or Wire. v

What I claim as .my invention is JOHN BUGKLEY SEEL. 5 In an umbrella orparasol, the gore-oovering provided with a ridge, eord, or Wire alongWitnesses: its seam, in combination with a rib formed WM. H. S. WATTS,with a tubular cavity, into which the ridge, Solicitor, 87 MosleyStreet, Manchester. cord, or Wire is fitted, substantially as and forTHOS. L. CARR, Io the purpose Set`fo`rth. 87 Mosley Street, Manchester,his Artleled Clerk.

